[Feature Request] Add Positron to set of VS Code forks that Claude Code knows about
Based on my reading of Claude Code's documentation, it is looking for common VS Code forks on $PATH, and, if it finds one, installing its extension. This works for code, cursor, and windsurf:
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/ide-integrations#vs-code-extension-not-installing
We maintain a VS Code fork focused on data science that (for Claude's purposes) works identically to other forks. It is called positron when installed on the $PATH. This IDE already provides a chat agent integrated with the Anthropic API, but we think people would like to use Claude Code in it, too.
Could Claude Code's set of known VS Code forks be amended to include positron?
More about Positron: https://positron.posit.co/
On Github: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/
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